Poppy Day 2023
When is Poppy Day 2023?
What is Poppy Day?

Remembrance poppy as worn on Poppy Day
Poppy Day is the informal name for
Remembrance Day (
Armistice Day) and is held annually on
November 11.
It takes its name from the tradition of wearing a red remembrance poppy (an artificial corn poppy, made of plastic and cardboard by disabled ex-servicemen and sold by charities in support of war veterans) from late October until
Remembrance Sunday. Originally worn to commemorate the fallen of the First World War, poppies are now also worn in memory of those who fell in every conflict since.
Wearing poppies to remember the war dead is inspired by the famous war memorial poem
In Flanders' Fields by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae which ends with the line "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow, In Flanders fields".
The day is marked by holding a one- or two-minute silence at 11 am ("the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"), the time and date in 1918 when the armistice became effective and World War I ended.
Poppy Day coincides with
Veterans Day in the United States. It should not be confused with
National Poppy Day, which is held on the Friday before
Memorial Day (last Monday of May). In the United States, poppies are only worn on and around Memorial Day.
Further reading:
Remembrance Day on Wikipedia
When is Poppy Day 2024?
Dates for Poppy Day from 2018 to 2028
The next occurrence of Poppy Day is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Poppy Day 2018 |
November 11, 2018 |
Sunday |
1671 days ago |
Poppy Day 2019 |
November 11, 2019 |
Monday |
1306 days ago |
Poppy Day 2020 |
November 11, 2020 |
Wednesday |
940 days ago |
Poppy Day 2021 |
November 11, 2021 |
Thursday |
575 days ago |
Poppy Day 2022 |
November 11, 2022 |
Friday |
210 days ago |
Poppy Day 2023 |
November 11, 2023 |
Saturday |
in 154 days |
Poppy Day 2024 |
November 11, 2024 |
Monday |
in 520 days |
Poppy Day 2025 |
November 11, 2025 |
Tuesday |
in 885 days |
Poppy Day 2026 |
November 11, 2026 |
Wednesday |
in 1250 days |
Poppy Day 2027 |
November 11, 2027 |
Thursday |
in 1615 days |
Poppy Day 2028 |
November 11, 2028 |
Saturday |
in 1981 days |
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Dates of
Poppy Day 2023 and surrounding years as downloadable image file
Free printable 2023 calendar templates
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